PRESS RELEASE: 9.748-190/10

Number of marriages increased by 5.9% in the first half of 2010

Vienna, 2010-08-27 – In the first half of 2010, the provisional number of marriages was 16 588. Compared to the same period of the previous year, this represents an increase of 5.9% (January to June 2009: 15 665). Thus, the already positive trend of 2009 (+0.7% compared to 2008) continued considerably. In the past twelve months (July 2009 – June 2010), the provisional number of marriages in Austria increased by 1.7% over the same previous period (July 2008 - June 2009) to 36 343.

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